reality
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reality¹
- /ɹiːˈælɪti/ UK
- /ɹiˈæləti/ US
Rhymes with -ælɪti
Where it comes from
From French réalité (“quality of being real”), from Middle French realité (“property, possession”), from Medieval Latin reālitās, from Late Latin reālis (“real”), equivalent to real + -ity. Recorded since 1550 as a legal term in the sense of “fixed property” (compare real estate, realty); the sense “real existence” is attested from 1647. First attested in c. 1540.
noun realities
- The state of being actual or real; realness. The reality of the crash scene on TV dawned upon him only when he saw the victim was no actor but his friend.
- The real world. A man very often fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning.
- A real entity, event, or other fact. The ultimate reality of life is that it ends in death.
- The entirety of all that is real. Across the entire Universe. Never stopping, never faltering, never fading. People and planets and stars will become dust. And the dust will become atoms and the atoms will become... nothing. And the wavelength will continue, breaking through the rift at the heart of the Medusa Cascade into every dim
- An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
- Loyalty; devotion. To express our reality to the emperor.
- Realty; real estate.
- Reality television. a foray into reality programming
Reality²
Where it comes from
From reality.
proper noun
- A female given name from English.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: realness, realism, world, fact, actuality, realistic, true, actual, concrete, truth, realisation, realization, existence, essence, truthfulness, phenomenon
Translations
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noun state of being actual or real
| Español | realidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 현실 hyeonsil, 실재 siljae |
| 日本語 | 実在 jitsuzai, 現実 genjitsu |
| 中文 | 現實 /现实 xiànshí, 實在 /实在 shízài |
| हिन्दी | सच्चाई saccāī, यथार्थ yathārth, वास्तविकता vāstaviktā, हक़ीक़त haqīqat |
| Português | realidade |
| Français | réalité |
| Deutsch | Wirklichkeit, Realität |
| Italiano | realtà |
| Ελληνικά | πραγματικότητα pragmatikótita |
| Română | realitate |
| Русский | реа́льность reálʹnostʹ, действи́тельность dejstvítelʹnostʹ, веще́ственность veščéstvennostʹ, явь javʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | thực tại, thực tế, hiện thực |
| العربية | وَاقِع wāqiʕ, حَقِيقَة ḥaqīqa, وَاقِعِيَّة wāqiʕiyya |
| עברית | מְצִיאוּת metzi'út, ממשות mamashút |
noun a real entity, event etc.
| Español | realidad |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | वास्तविक vāstavik |
| Português | realidade |
| Français | vérité |
| Deutsch | Realität |
| Ελληνικά | πραγματικότητα pragmatikótita |
| Română | realitate |
noun entirety of all that is real
| Español | realidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 현실 hyeonsil |
| 日本語 | 現実 genjitsu |
| 中文 | 現實 /现实 xiànshí |
| हिन्दी | वास्तविकता vāstaviktā |
| Português | realidade |
| Français | réalité |
| Ελληνικά | πραγματικότητα pragmatikótita |
| Русский | реа́льность reálʹnostʹ, действи́тельность dejstvítelʹnostʹ |
| العربية | وَاقِع wāqiʕ |
noun an individual observer's subjective perception
| Español | realidad |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 現実 genjitsu |
| Português | realidade |
| Deutsch | Realität |
| Ελληνικά | πραγματικότητα pragmatikótita |
| Română | realitate |
| Русский | реа́льность reálʹnostʹ, действи́тельность dejstvítelʹnostʹ |
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@misc{reality_2026,
title = {reality},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reality},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
